Sixth Sunday after Trinity 19 July 2020 Anno Domini

8:15am & 10:45am

Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church

11250 N. Michigan Rd.

Zionsville, IN 46077

317.873.6318

www.adventlutheran.org

Rev. Marcus Mackay, Sr. Pastor – mmackay@adventlutheran.org – 317.847.7215

Rev. James Grady, Assistant Pastor – jgrady@adventlutheran.org – 317.372.6289

Members - "Have no fear little flock!" Luke 12:32

Our Lord is yet gracious and merciful in these uncertain times. In the midst of the many changes to our daily

lives and routines, God's Word and His love for you remains certain and steadfast. May this bulletin and service

be a blessing to you as we remain, together, IN THE WORD.

Open the Doors of Advent!

Welcome to the return of Advent’s normal Sunday service times of 8:15am & 10:45am - no sign-up required! For

those of you who choose to continue to shelter in place, the service will be streamed on our YouTube channel.

• To view the service, please go to our website www.adventlutheran.org. There you will find a link to our

YouTube channel, where services will be streamed and available for watching at any time. If you have a

SmartTV, download the YouTube app and search for our channel: "Advent Lutheran Church - LCMS -

Zionsville, IN." Please be patient with us as we work with this new medium to share our services online.

• If you watch the service online, please print this bulletin which includes the entire service (hymns, propers,

prayers, etc.) or open on your computer or other device. If you do not have a hymnal at home, feel free to

retrieve yours from your member mailbox, or we can drop one off on your doorstep.

• If you are in need and desire the Sacrament, there is a link to SignUpGenius on our website where you may

choose a 15min time to meet the pastor(s) here at Church. As appropriate, the pastors also stand ready to

deliver the Lord's gifts to you in your home or elsewhere. The Word of the Lord endures forever!

Fellowship and Bible Study

Everyone is invited to attend Fellowship and Bible Study in between morning services! There will be coffee

available but unfortunately, no doughnuts, as our bakery has not yet returned to full service.

The Sacrament of the Altar / Communion Policy for Visitors

Advent Lutheran Church teaches and believes that through the body and blood of Jesus Christ, offered under

bread and wine in the Lord’s Supper, God gives to His children the forgiveness of sins. Since this is a sacred meal,

Advent distributes the Lord’s Supper to communicants who have been prepared to receive it. If you have not

been confirmed or hold to a confession of faith that differs from Advent and the Lutheran Church – Missouri

Synod, please refrain from receiving the Lord’s Supper until you have spoken with our pastor. If communing,

please prepare with prayers in hymnal on pages 308, 329-330

Communications Updates

Please note that copies of all communications with members regarding updates of church services, Advent

Announcements, weekly prayer sheets, links, etc. will be available on our website at www.adventlutheran.org

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“Contact Us” page or call the office.

Altar Flowers

Thank you to Paul & Sara Nash sponsoring today’s altar flowers, in memory of Sara’s mother, Gene

Strietelmeier.

Special Music

Thank you to Jennifer Siukola and Kevin Trewartha, trumpets; Payne Vogtman, French horn; John

Silverberg, trombone.

Baptism

We pray for our newest lamb, Theodore Michael Dooms, son of Tim & Megan Dooms, who will be baptized this

morning at the late service.

Today’s Readings

Exodus 20:1-17 Romans 6:1-2, 3-11 Matthew 5:17-19; 20-26

Our Only Hope Is in Christ’s Righteousness

“Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven”

(Matt 5:20). God demands nothing less than perfection and holiness from you in regard to His commandments

(Ex. 20:1–17). Your only hope, then, is not in your own goodness but in the goodness of Christ, who did not

come to destroy the Law and the Prophets, but to fulfill them for you. In Christ, your righteousness does indeed

exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees. For you have been baptized into Christ’s death and your sinful nature

crucified. Therefore, he who has died has been freed from sin (Rom. 6:1–11). You are now raised with Christ to

walk in newness of life and to share in His resurrection on the Last Day. Christ has brought you through the

baptismal sea “out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery” (Ex. 20:2).

Exploring the Hymn of the Day - All Mankind Fell in Adam’s Fall The author of this hymn’s text, Lazarus Spengler (1479–1534), was not a pastor but a layman. He served as a

public official, the secretary of the city council of Nuremberg. As he began reading Luther’s writings, he became

convinced that they would be helpful to him for carrying out some of his duties. In particular, Spengler was

concerned about the city’s religious life. He found in Luther’s plan for reform answers to the spiritual problems of

the day. This hymn, written already in 1524, shows Spengler’s clear understanding of Law and Gospel.

Divine Service Four LSB p.203

Prelude & Ringing of Bells

10:45 a.m. Holy Baptism

Processional Hymn Christ, the Eternal Lord LSB 829

1 Christ the eternal Lord,

Whose promise here we claim,

Whose gifts of grace are freely poured

On all who name Your name;

With thankfulness and praise

We stand before Your throne,

Intent to serve You all our days

And make Your glory known.

2 Christ the unchanging Word

To ev’ry passing age,

Whose timeless teachings still are heard

Set forth on Scripture’s page;

Transform our thought and mind,

Enlighten all who read,

Within Your Word by faith to find

The bread of life indeed.

3 Christ the redeeming Son,

Who shares our human birth,

And by His death salvation won

For ev’ry child of earth;

Inspire our hearts, we pray,

To tell Your love abroad,

That all may honor Christ today

And follow Him as Lord.

4 Christ the unfading Light

Of everlasting day,

Our Morning Star in splendor bright,

The Life, the Truth, the Way;

That light of truth You give

To servants as to friends,

Your way to walk, Your life to live,

Till earth’s brief journey ends.

5 Christ the ascended King

Exalted high above,

Whose praise unending ages sing,

Whom yet unseen we love;

When mortal life is past

Your voice from heaven’s throne

Shall call Your children home at last

To know as we are known. Text: © 1999 Hope Publishing Co. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110017163

8:15 am Confession and Absolution LSB 203

The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism.

P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

P Our help is in the name of the Lord,

C who made heaven and earth.

P If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?

C But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared.

P Since we are gathered to hear God’s Word, call upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the

body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our

unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word,

and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people

let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the

sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner.

C Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.

P Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all

your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive

you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

Service of the Word

Introit Psalm 28:1-2, 7; antiphon: vv. 8-9

The LORD is the strength of his | people;* he is the saving refuge of his a- | nointed. Save your people and bless your | heritage!*

Be their shepherd and carry them for- | ever.

To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not | deaf to me,* lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down | to the pit. Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to | you for help,*

when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctu- | ary.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and | I am helped;* my heart exults, and with my song I give | thanks to him.

Glory be to the Father and | to the Son* and to the Holy | Spirit; as it was in the be- | ginning,* is now, and will be forever. | Amen. The LORD is the strength of his | people;* he is the saving refuge of his a- | nointed. Save your people and bless your | heritage!*

Be their shepherd and carry them for- | ever.

Kyrie LSB 204

Gloria in Excelsis

Salutation and Collect of the Day Trinity 6

P The Lord be with you.

C And also with you.

P Let us pray.

Lord of all power and might, author and giver of all good things, graft into our hearts the love of

Your name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of Your great mercy

keep us in the same; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You

and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen.

Old Testament Reading Exodus 20:1–17

1

And God spoke all these words, saying,

2

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

3

“You shall have no other gods before me.

4

“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven

above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5

You shall not bow down

to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers

on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6

but showing steadfast

love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7

“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him

guiltless who takes his name in vain.

8

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9

Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10

but

the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your

son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner

who is within your gates. 11

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in

them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your

God is giving you.

13

“You shall not murder.

14

“You shall not commit adultery.

15

“You shall not steal.

16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

17

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male

servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

A This is the Word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

Epistle: Romans Romans 6:3–11

Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his

death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was

raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a

resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin

might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has

been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We

know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over

him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you

also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

A This is the Word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

Alleluia and Verse LSB 205

Holy Gospel Matthew 5:20–26

P The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the fifth chapter.

C Glory to You, O Lord.

[Jesus said:] “For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you

will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will

be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to

judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will

be liable to the hell of fire. So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your

brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to

your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you

are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard,

and you be put in prison. Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last

penny.”

P This is the Gospel of the Lord.

C Praise to You, O Christ.

Nicene Creed LSB 206

C I believe in one God,

the Father Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth

and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,

the only-begotten Son of God,

begotten of His Father before all worlds,

God of God, Light of Light,

very God of very God,

begotten, not made,

being of one substance with the Father,

by whom all things were made;

who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven

and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary

and was made man;

and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.

He suffered and was buried.

And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures

and ascended into heaven

and sits at the right hand of the Father.

And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead,

whose kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the Lord and giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father and the Son,

who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified,

who spoke by the prophets.

And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church,

I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins,

and I look for the resurrection of the dead

and the life T of the world to come. Amen.

Sit

Hymn of the Day All Mankind Fell in Adam’s Fall LSB 562

1 All mankind fell in Adam’s fall;

One common sin infects us all.

From one to all the curse descends,

And over all God’s wrath impends.

2 Through all our pow’rs corruption creeps

And us in dreadful bondage keeps;

In guilt we draw our infant breath

And reap its fruits of woe and death.

3 From hearts depraved, to evil prone,

Flow thoughts and deeds of sin alone;

God’s image lost, the darkened soul

Seeks not nor finds its heav’nly goal.

4 But Christ, the second Adam, came

To bear our sin and woe and shame,

To be our life, our light, our way,

Our only hope, our only stay.

5 As by one man all mankind fell

And, born in sin, was doomed to hell,

So by one Man, who took our place,

We all were justified by grace.

6 We thank You, Christ; new life is ours,

New light, new hope, new strength, new pow’rs.

This grace our ev’ry way attend

Until we reach our journey’s end. Text: Public domain

Sermon

Stand

Prayer of the Church

Sit

Offering

Service of the Sacrament

Stand

Preface LSB 208

P The Lord be with you.

C And also with you.

P Lift up your hearts.

C We lift them to the Lord.

P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

C It is right to give Him thanks and praise.

P It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You,

O Lord, holy Father, almighty and everlasting God, for the countless blessings You so freely

bestow on us and all creation. Above all, we give thanks for Your boundless love shown to us

when You sent Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into our flesh and laid on Him our sin,

giving Him into death that we might not die eternally. Because He is now risen from the dead

and lives and reigns to all eternity, all who believe in Him will overcome sin and death and will

rise again to new life. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven

we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying:

Sanctus LSB 208

Prayer of Thanksgiving LSB 209

P Blessed are You, O Lord our God, king of all creation, for You have had mercy on us and given

Your only-begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

In Your righteous judgment You condemned the sin of Adam and Eve, who ate the forbidden

fruit, and You justly barred them and all their children from the tree of life. Yet, in Your great

mercy, You promised salvation by a second Adam, Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, and made

His cross a life-giving tree for all who trust in Him.

We give You thanks for the redemption You have prepared for us through Jesus Christ. Grant

us Your Holy Spirit that we may faithfully eat and drink of the fruits of His cross and receive the

blessings of forgiveness, life, and salvation that come to us in His body and blood.

Hear us as we pray in His name and as He has taught us:

Lord’s Prayer

C Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed be Thy name,

Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done on earth

as it is in heaven;

give us this day our daily bread;

and forgive us our trespasses

as we forgive those

who trespass against us;

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Thine is the kingdom

and the power and the glory

forever and ever. Amen.

The Words of Our Lord

P Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given

thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is My T body, which is given

for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”

In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to

them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My T blood, which is shed for

you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

Pax Domini

P The peace of the Lord be with you always.

C Amen.

Agnus Dei LSB 210

Distribution Please wait patiently in your pew until an Elder or Usher motions to you. You and/or your household should then come down the Center Aisle, maintaining appropriate distance between other Individuals and/or Households that will be in front and behind you. You may kneel or stand at the Communion Rail. Please maintain appropriate distance from other parishioners. Please hold out your hand to receive our Lord’s Body, the Common Chalice and/or Individual Chalice. After communion, please exit to the side aisle, placing the individual chalices carefully in the bowl provided. Then return to your seats, maintaining appropriate distance from the other communicants.

Take, eat; this is the true body of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, given into death for your sins.

Amen.

Take, drink; this is the true blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, shed for the forgiveness of your

sins.

Amen.

Distribution Hymn At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing LSB 633 Congregation will be accompanied by brass only during the first two verses.

1 At the Lamb’s high feast we sing

Praise to our victorious King,

Who has washed us in the tide

Flowing from His piercèd side.

Alleluia!

2 Praise we Him, whose love divine

Gives His sacred blood for wine,

Gives His body for the feast—

Christ the victim, Christ the priest.

Alleluia!

3 Where the paschal blood is poured,

Death’s dread angel sheathes the sword;

Israel’s hosts triumphant go

Through the wave that drowns the foe.

Alleluia!

4 Praise we Christ, whose blood was shed,

Paschal victim, paschal bread;

With sincerity and love

Eat we manna from above.

Alleluia!

5 Mighty Victim from the sky,

Hell’s fierce pow’rs beneath You lie;

You have conquered in the fight,

You have brought us life and light.

Alleluia!

6 Now no more can death appall,

Now no more the grave enthrall;

You have opened paradise,

And Your saints in You shall rise.

Alleluia!

7 Easter triumph, Easter joy!

This alone can sin destroy;

From sin’s pow’r, Lord, set us free,

Newborn souls in You to be.

Alleluia!

8 Father, who the crown shall give,

Savior, by whose death we live,

Spirit, guide through all our days:

Three in One, Your name we praise.

Alleluia! Text: Public domain

Distribution Hymn Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness LSB 563

1 Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness

My beauty are, my glorious dress;

Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,

With joy shall I lift up my head.

2 Bold shall I stand in that great day,

Cleansed and redeemed, no debt to pay;

Fully absolved through these I am

From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.

3 Lord, I believe Thy precious blood,

Which at the mercy seat of God

Pleads for the captives’ liberty,

Was also shed in love for me.

4 Lord, I believe, were sinners more

Than sands upon the ocean shore,

Thou hast for all a ransom paid,

For all a full atonement made.

5 When from the dust of death I rise

To claim my mansion in the skies,

This then shall be my only plea:

Jesus hath lived and died for me.

6 Jesus, be endless praise to Thee,

Whose boundless mercy hath for me,

For me, and all Thy hands have made,

An everlasting ransom paid. Text: Public domain

Distribution Hymn Baptized into Your Name Most Holy LSB 590

1 Baptized into Your name most holy,

O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

I claim a place, though weak and lowly,

Among Your saints, Your chosen host.

Buried with Christ and dead to sin,

Your Spirit now shall live within.

2 My loving Father, here You take me

To be henceforth Your child and heir.

My faithful Savior, here You make me

The fruit of all Your sorrows share.

O Holy Spirit, comfort me

When threat’ning clouds around I see.

3 My faithful God, You fail me never;

Your promise surely will endure.

O cast me not away forever

If words and deeds become impure.

Have mercy when I come defiled;

Forgive, lift up, restore Your child.

4 All that I am and love most dearly—

Receive it all, O Lord, from me.

Let me confess my faith sincerely;

Help me Your faithful child to be!

Let nothing that I am or own

Serve any will but Yours alone. Text: Public domain

In dismissing the communicants, the following is said:

P The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen and preserve you in body and soul to

life everlasting. Depart T in peace.

C Amen.

Stand

Nunc Dimittis LSB 211

Post-Communion Collect

A Let us pray.

We give thanks to You, almighty God, that You have refreshed us through this salutary gift, and

we implore You that of Your mercy You would strengthen us through the same in faith toward

You and in fervent love toward one another; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives

and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen.

Benedicamus LSB 212

A Let us bless the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

Benediction

P The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.

The Lord look upon you with favor and T give you peace.

C Amen.

Recessional Hymn Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word LSB 655

1 Lord, keep us steadfast in Your Word;

Curb those who by deceit or sword

Would wrest the kingdom from Your Son

And bring to naught all He has done.

2 Lord Jesus Christ, Your pow’r make known,

For You are Lord of lords alone;

Defend Your holy Church that we

May sing Your praise eternally.

3 O Comforter of priceless worth,

Send peace and unity on earth;

Support us in our final strife

And lead us out of death to life. Text: Public domain

Postlude

Please take a moment to wipe down any areas in the pew that you may have touched, then exit the Sanctuary and Narthex immediately, maintaining appropriate distance between other individuals/households. Please leave the used wipe and/or bulletin in the pew so that we may know someone was sitting there. We will do our best to clean all pews before and after each service.

In His Service:

Rev. Marcus Mackay, Sr. Pastor – mmackay@adventlutheran.org – 317.847.7215

Rev. James Grady, Assistant Pastor – jgrady@adventlutheran.org – 317.372.6289

Deb Trewartha, Director of Choirs; Preschool Director

Phil Lehman, Kantor & Organist

Ryan Scrogham & Matthias Mackay, Audio/Visual

8:15 a.m. Service

Altar Guild Jennifer Dorantes, Judy Dorantes

Elders Steve Vogtman

Crucifer OPEN

Acolyte OPEN

10:45 a.m. Service

Altar Guild Margaret Halvorsen, Patricia vonStrohe

Elders Pete Miller

Crucifer OPEN

Acolyte OPEN

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